GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
solicitto make petition to : entreat
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simperto smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner
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